Midnight Blue é um daqueles discos que nos faz sentar e relaxar. Burrell e uma banda fabulosa com Stanley Turrentine no sax tenor, Bill English na bateria, as congas de Ray Barretto e Major Holley Jr. no baixo, tocam temas inesquecíveis. Um dos melhores e mais apreciados títulos da Blue Note, apresentado nesta edição com som fantástico e corte 45rpm por Steve Hoffman e Kevin Gray.

• Edição Limitada
• 2LP Vinil 200 Gramas 45rpm
• Prensagem Quality Record Pressings QRP, USA
• Masterizado na AcousTech 
• Corte por Kevin Gray & Steve Hoffman
• Corte a partir das Master Tapes Originais

Kenny Burrell has led over 100 albums in his long career and is the epitome of good taste and melodic swing, never playing a phrase that would be considered out-of-place or unworthy. He first recorded in 1951 with Dizzy Gillespie and was a major part of the Detroit jazz scene before emerging in New York in 1956. Burrell was one of the very first guitarists to be showcased in a pianoless trio, and when he was signed to Blue Note, he became one of the most influential guitarists in jazz. However to hear Burrell at his most soulful and bluesy, one has to find recordings where he is teamed with a particularly inspiring stylist. 1963’s Midnight Blue is considered one of the most exciting recordings of Kenny Burrell’s long career. It was a magical occasion that teamed Burrell with the passionate tenor-saxophonist Stanley Turrentine in a pianoless quintet that also includes Ray Barretto on congas.

With Turrentine (who is immediately recognizable within two sounds) infusing each note with an excess of soul and Barretto giving the blues-oriented music a Latin tinge, Burrell raises the heat and is heard at his most exhilarating and extroverted. His soulful playing on such songs as “Chitlins Con Carne,” “Saturday Night Blues” and “Gee Baby Ain’t I Good To You” is so greasy and emotional that it reminds one that both B.B. King and Duke Ellington often cited Kenny Burrell as their favorite guitarist. While Kenny Burrell has recorded scores of albums since this time, Midnight Blue cannot be topped and will always be one of the key recordings that he will be remembered for. This superbly recorded classic needs to be in every jazz collection.

"A classic Blue Note, guitarist Kenny Burrell's Midnight Blue (1963) oozes with all that title suggests...The sound is famously great: wide open, natural, warm, and simply 'there.' Burrell's electric guitar has superb tone and articulation, Stanley Turrentine's tenor sax a creamy, brassy bite, Major Holley Jr.'s bass a fat sense of weight, and the drums and conga realistic snap and texture." - Wayne Garcia, The Absolute Sound

Músicos:

Stanley Turrentine, sax tenor
Kenny Burrell, guitarra
Major Holley, Jr., contrabaixo
Bill English, bateria
Ray Barretto, conga

Lista de Faixas:

1. Chittlins Con Carne
2. Mule
3. Soul Lament
4. Midnight Blue
5. Wavy Gravy
6. Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You
7. Saturday Night Blues

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